Comments on: What’s the Biggest Risk You Ever Took with Your Makeup?

By: Patrice

Patrice — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:46:25 +0000

I had permanent makeup tattoes for my eyebrows and lips. It was TERRIFIC. I liked having my eyebrows so well defined. My lips were in a pink neutral and they put a brightener in the ink. I lasted a long time and I loved it.

By: Solé

Solé — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:34:34 +0000

This is a good one because it really made me think. I’ve always been eager to experiment with makeup and try new things (with the exception of a black liquid eyeliner, pencil thin brows and harsh lipliner phase I went through in the 90s *shudder*).

So this question made me realize that I tend to be much more daring when experimenting with eye makeup and blushes, bronzers, etc. I’ve been wearing a lot of low key peach and nude glosses for the most part on my lips though.

Last spring I got an itch to have red lips. For as gutsy as I tend to be with makeup, I’ve been scared to death of red for years. I think it has something to do with a blue-red lipliner that came in one of those cheap all-in-one makeup kits I had as a preteen, but I digress.

So on a whim I strutted into the MAC store and told a salesgirl, “I want red lips. But not classic winter red lips. I want fun, bright, spring red lips.” She didn’t skip a beat. Without saying a word, she held up one finger and walked away, returning in a moment with Fafi Flash-N-Dash glaze (the Fafi line had just come out). I took one look at it and had an impulse to sprint out the door. It wasn’t red at all, but a sparkly bright red-orangey-pinky color that I thought would look horrible on me. At her insistence, I tried it on, and it actually looks red on me. And it was beautiful! I bought the last one and three other girls in the store went downstairs to the Nordstrom MAC counter to get the same color because they liked it so much. So this is my go-to red for the warmer months. Maybe next year I’ll try a winter red.

By: Karen B

Karen B — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:37:22 +0000

I know! The funny thing is this is the one make-up product my mum actually really likes on me. She’s been complaining how I look pale (aka sickly to her) for years and now I started wearing blush she’s like: you look infinitely better, what have you done?
And me: Make-up mom, blush!
Her: blush? Oh that’s interesting. lol
imagine this coming from my mum who NEVER ever wears make-up.

Karen Bs last blog post..Art journal

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:27:37 +0000

Hi Medina, Glad you enjoyed it! Chrome Yellow is an AMAZING color that I wish I had the guts to wear. You are brave and I totally give you props for working that very cool look. It's too bad that the color turned on you. What base did you use underneath? I really like MAC Cream Color Base in Pearl layered underneath shadows. It turns up the intensity! Check out the magic in this post.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:24:45 +0000

Hi Lynn,

Do ya like it? I wish I could’ve gotten it to spit out lipsticks, but alas…